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Salman Khan acquitted in Arms Act, thanks fans

On January 18, Jodhpur court acquitted Bollywood
actor Salman Khan in long pending Arms Act case. When the verdict was
pronounced, Khan heaved a sigh of relief. He was present in the court with his
sister Alvira Agnihotri and his lawyers.

He was booked under sections 3/25 and 3/27 of the
Arms Act. In its 102-page
order, he was not found guilty.

“The prosecution could not prove any offence against Salman. It
took a long time but ultimately the truth has won,” Salman Khan’s lawyer
Hastimal Saraswat told IANS.

Dressed in blue
t-shirt with the ‘Being Human’ tagline, Salman calmly listened to the
hearings and when the verdicts came, a big relief could be witnessed in his
face.

Minutes after the
verdict, Salman thanked his fans on Twitter and wrote, “Thank you for all the
support and good wishes.”

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Khan has earlier been acquitted in two other cases related to the incident. The
Arms Act case dates back to 1998 when Salman Khan and his team was shooting for
‘Hum Saath Saath Hain’ in Jodhpur. Police filed
case against the superstar under Sections 3/25 and 3/27. They claimed that Khan
had kept the .22 rifle and .32 revolver and used them during poaching of two
black bucks in village Kankani in Jodhpur on 1-2 October, 1998.

But
the actor’s acquittal didn’t make everyone happy. The news got mixed reactions.
Most of his friends from the film industry expressed their happiness on the
court’s decision but common people did not accept the verdict and cried foul
play.

The Rajasthan High Court has acquitted
him in two cases of poaching of chinkara, last year, while trial in the third
case of alleged poaching of two blackbucks is on.

The
Rajasthan government has already moved the Supreme Court via a special leave
petition against Salman’s acquittal in the two cases under the Wildlife
Protection Act for poaching chinkara.

Salman’s co-stars in the Sooraj Barjatya film - Saif Ali Khan, Sonali
Bendre, Neelam and Tabu, have been asked to appear in court on January 25 to
record their statements in the case.